tesmoignier

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

tesmoing +‎ -er

Verb

tesmoignier

  1. to witness; to bare witness
    • c. 1175, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette, line 9:
      jel tesmoignasse
      I witnessed it

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of tesmoignier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive tesmoignier avoir tesmoignié
gerund en tesmoignant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle tesmoignant
past participle tesmoignié
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present tesmoing tesmoignes tesmoigne tesmoignons tesmoigniez tesmoignent
imperfect tesmoignoie, tesmoigneie, tesmoignoe, tesmoignieve tesmoignoies, tesmoigneies, tesmoignoes, tesmoignieves tesmoignoit, tesmoigneit, tesmoignot, tesmoignieve tesmoigniiens, tesmoigniens tesmoigniiez, tesmoigniez tesmoignoient, tesmoigneient, tesmoignoent, tesmoignievent
preterite tesmoignai tesmoignas tesmoigna tesmoignames tesmoignastes tesmoignierent
future tesmoignerai tesmoigneras tesmoignera tesmoignerons tesmoigneroiz, tesmoignereiz, tesmoignerez tesmoigneront
conditional tesmoigneroie, tesmoignereie tesmoigneroies, tesmoignereies tesmoigneroit, tesmoignereit tesmoigneriiens, tesmoigneriens tesmoigneriiez, tesmoigneriez tesmoigneroient, tesmoignereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present tesmoing tesmoinz tesmoint tesmoignons tesmoigniez tesmoignent
imperfect tesmoignasse tesmoignasses tesmoignast tesmoignissons, tesmoignissiens tesmoignissoiz, tesmoignissez, tesmoignissiez tesmoignassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— tesmoigne — tesmoignons tesmoigniez —

Descendants
  • French: témoigner
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